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The Medical Minute Sperm Count Found to Be Lower in Couch Potatoes

Sperm Count Found to Be Lower in Couch Potatoes

How much time a man spends watching television every day may affect his sperm count.

The Medical Minute Exercising Could Improve Sperm Quality

Exercising Could Improve Sperm Quality

Investigators have found that moderate exercise may increase sperm production and quality but heavy exercising may harm sperm characteristics.

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Topical Anesthetics Effective for Premature Ejaculation

Topical Anesthetics Effective for Premature Ejaculation

Significant improvements seen for ejaculatory control, sexual satisfaction, and distress

Hypospadias Not Related to Organic Diet During Pregnancy

Hypospadias Not Related to Organic Diet During Pregnancy

However, potential association found between non-organic high-fat diary products and hypospadias

Long-Acting Daily Opioids Increase Risk of Hypogonadism

Long-Acting Daily Opioids Increase Risk of Hypogonadism

In men taking daily opioids, duration of action, but not dose, affects risk of hypogonadism

Tadalafil Found to Ease Ejaculatory Problems

The drug, which is approved for treating men with erectile dysfunction, benign prostatic hyperplasia, or both conditions, also improved orgasmic function.

Undescended Testes Raise Testicular Cancer Risk

The malignancy is three times more likely to develop in boys with cryptorchidism.

Testicular Cancer, Pot Smoking Linked

Those who had ever smoked marijuana were almost twice as likely as non-users of marijuana to develop the disease.

Radiotherapy Relapse Rare in Stage II Testicular Seminoma

Radiotherapy Relapse Rare in Stage II Testicular Seminoma

The relapse-free survival at 10 years was 83% and 54% for stage IIA and IIB patients, respectively.

Walnuts May Improve Sperm Health

Researchers observe improvement in vitality, motility, and morphology.

Marijuana Use Linked to Higher Risk of Testicular Cancer

Marijuana Use Linked to Higher Risk of Testicular Cancer

Risk highest for nonseminoma and mixed histology tumors.

Psoriasis Raises Sexual Dysfunction Risk

Compared with men who do not have psoriasis, those with the condition had a 27% increased risk of sexual dysfunction.

Testicular Exams Often Omitted from Physicals

More than one quarter of adolescent and adult males aged 15-45 report not having a testicular exam during a routine physical in the previous 12 months as recommended in American Cancer Society guidelines, according to data presented at the American Urological Association 2012 annual meeting.

Too Much Fat May Harm Sperm Quality

Higher total fat intake was negatively related to total sperm count and concentration in an analysis of data from 99 men.

Severe Pelvic Fracture Impairs Sexual Function

SAN FRANCISCO—Men and women who suffer an acute pelvic fracture that is severe enough to require surgery have a significantly increased risk of a decrease in sexual function, British investigators reported here at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2012 Annual Meeting,

Moderate Exercise May Bolster Sperm Motility

ORLANDO, Fla.—Men who engage in moderate exercise have better sperm motility than sedentary men, according to a new prospective study presented at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine annual meeting.

Low Sperm Count May Decrease Likelihood of Siring a Son

ORLANDO, Fla.—As a man's sperm production declines, so does the proportion of sperm bearing the Y chromosome, thus decreasing the likelihood of siring a son, according to new data presented at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine annual meeting.